Turbine Collection

RMS Mauretania - Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, she held the Blue Riband for 21 years; she was withdrawn from service and broken up in 1935. Date: circa 1907

H. M. S. Pincher - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper
H.M.S. Pincher (J294 - later M294) - Algerine-Class Fleet Minesweeper fitted with Turbine propulsion machinery - commissioned in 1943, built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Date: circa 1950s

Steam turbine blades - Sir Charles Parsons
Steam turbine blades from an early sketch by Sir Charles Parsons, 1897 Date: 1897

Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamship
Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

The Aberdeen Line T. S. S. Marathon ocean liner
The Aberdeen Line T.S.S. ( Turbine Steam Ship ) Marathon ocean liner. Date: 1912

Sir Frank Whittle (centre) and his associates experimenting with an early gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet

Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

Steamships - Asturias
Turbine passenger liner of the Royal Mail Lines employed on the South American run Date: 1934

The Turbine Steamer Queen, 1903
Photograph of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Companys turbine steamer Queen, during sea trials, June 1903. This vessel was announced to be the first turbine steamer to enter cross-Channel

Napier Nomad, a 12 cyl. compound diesel aircraft engine, with auxiliary turbine power recovery and supercharger. Seen in the exhibition hall at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1953

Dornier Do 32E ultra-light helicopter D-HOPS
the Dornier Do 32E was a simple, collapsible one-man helicopter from Germany powered by a BMW 6012L gas turbine, driving a compressor which supplied compressed air to the rotor tip jets

Dassault-Breguet Mystere 20 1st prototype F-WLKB at the 1964 Paris Air Show, shown with the two 3, 300 lbf Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojet engines originally fitted

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen - Steamship Europa
SS Europa of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. SS Europa (later SS Liberte) and her sister ship, Bremen, were the two most advanced

Aero Spacelines B-377-SGT Super Guppy Turbine, operated by Airbus Industrie, being prepared to unload its load of BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde fuselage sections. Date: circa 1974

Cunard Line, limited edition sculpture QE2 turbine blade
CUNARD: Michael Cox limited edition sculpture mounted in acrylic created using a section of Queen Elizabeth 2 turbine blade. With certificate of authenticity. 5ins

Cessna 310 owned by French gas turbine manufacturer Turbomeca, at Oxford-Kidlington Airport. at Oxford-Kidlington Airport. Date: circa 1960

A machine-tool shaping a gas-turbine engine turbine blade. Date: circa 1965

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODE
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 1), the first prototype Herald, seen during a photo-shoot rendezvous with an HP Victor

Cunard Line, QE2 - commemorative item
Cunard Line, QE2, commemorative item - steam turbine engine, blade section mounted on base by Michael F. Cox. With Certificate of Authenticity. 4.25 inches. Date: late 20th century

Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition
Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth 2 underwent a £90 million refit that marked the end of her life as a steamship as her turbine engines were replaced by a diesel

The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911
The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out

Cunard White Star, Lancastria deck plan with statistics

RMS Olympic - document regarding blades
RMS Olympic - Harland & Wolff document relating to the brazing of turbine blades and the chipping and dressing of propeller blades, dated 6 February 1913. Date: 1913

King George V inspection of Danton
King George inspection the battleship Danton (French war ship in Malta). She was the first ship in the fleet with turbine engines. The king is seen in the centre with soldiers on either side

Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Turbine F-BPPA
Aero Spacelines B-337SGT-201F Super Guppy Turbine F-BPPA (msn 0002), of Aeromaritime, at the Paris Air Show held on Le Bourget Airport in June 1977. Date: 1977

Daimler-Benz DB 721, 2200hp turboprop engine
Daimler-Benz DB 721 (a.k.a. PTL 10), experimental turboprop engine, one of a trio of experimental gas turbine engines designed and built by Mercedes-Benz in the 1950s and 1960s. Date: circa 1980

Steamship TS St Tudno of the LNWSC
Steamship TS St Tudno of The Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company (LNWSC), a pleasure cruise company based in Liverpool. Sold for scrap in 1963. Pictured in the Menai Straits. Date: circa 1927

St Tudno of the LNWSC - off Llandudno Pier
Steamship TS St Tudno of The Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company (LNWSC), a pleasure cruise company based in Liverpool. Sold for scrap in 1963. Pictured off Llandudno Pier. Date: circa 1927

St Tudno of the LNWSC
Steamship TS St Tudno of The Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company (LNWSC), a pleasure cruise company based in Liverpool. Sold for scrap in 1963. Date: circa 1927

Parson's 1/2 turbo-dynamo, 65 volts. The turbine is of similar design to the first Parson's turbo-dynamo, constructed at Gateshead in 1884. Date: circa 1974

Foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, Scotland
A view of the turbine hall foundations of Hunterston Power Station, Ayrshire, Scotland, showing the first reactor building in the background

Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine-Islander AS9819
Forzi Armati ta Malta - Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander AS9819 (msn 2156) at an air display on Luqa International Airport, after conversion to Turbine Islander

Britten-Norman BN-2-2B-26 Islander AS9819
Forzi Armati ta Malta - Britten-Norman BN-2-2B-26 Islander AS9819 (msn 2156) at an air display on Luqa International Airport, before conversion to Turbine Islander

Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Turbine F-CDSG no. 3
Aero Spacelines B-377SGT-201F Super Guppy Turbine F-CDSG no. 3 (msn 03), of Airbus Skylink. Date: circa 1990

DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter C-GVNL - 304
de Havilland Canada DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter C-GVNL / 304 (msn 105), of Harbour Air, moored in Victoria Harbour, British Columbia Date: 1997

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODE prototype
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 147) 1st prototype, moments before the starboard engine turbine blew up, causing the engine to fall off and the aircraft to catch fire

Constantinople, Istanbul, Bosphorous, Turkey
Vintage 19th century photograph - panoramic view of the city of Constantinople, Istanbul, Bosphorous, Turkey

RMS Empress of Britain
circa 1910s

Saint Columba, turbine steamer, at sea. Date: 1936

SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the Paris Salon Aeronautique 1949
SOCEMA TGA-01 turboprop at the XVIIIeme Salon Aeronautique du Paris 1949 at the Grand Palais in central Paris, (flying demonstrations were given at Orly Airport)

Napier Oryx gas generator turbine engine on the D. Napier & sons stand at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. The Oryx was designed to power the Percival P.74 helicopter rotor which was driven by

Bristol B. E. 10 Olympus Mk. 101
Bristol B.E.10 Olympus Mk.101 (Ministry of Supply designation Bol.1/2C). A more powerful version of the Olympus with a larger turbine, delivering11

The Moored Monster Ben My Chree, the famous Isle of Man Steam Packet Company turbine steamship, at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Arrival of the Turbine Steamer into port at Folkestone, Kent, England. 1916

DUMONTS TURBINE
Dumonts atmospheric turbine Date: 1884

Blakes Lock Museum, Reading, Berkshire. Date: 1980s

Sweden - Vasteras - The Turbine House on the Svartan
The Turbine House (small-scale hydroelectric dam) in Vasteras, Sweden, near the mouth of Svartan. The river played an important role in the industrial development in this region from the 17th century

Working Model of a Pelton Turbine, Escher Wyss AG, Ravensburg, 1952. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

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